OpenHands

A self-hosted control center for coding agents and automations that runs OpenHands, Claude Code, Codex and other agents on local, remote or cloud machines.

92.4k stars, 12.3k forks TypeScript On GitHub since March 2024

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What is OpenHands?

OpenHands, which started as OpenDevin, now centers on Agent Canvas: a developer control center for starting agent conversations and automating routine engineering work, such as decomposing GitHub issues into tasks or publishing reports to Slack. It runs its own agent as well as Claude Code, Codex, Gemini and any agent that speaks the Agent Client Protocol. By default it runs on your machine, but it can send work to agents in Docker containers, on virtual machines or inside company infrastructure.

Good fit if

  • You want an always-on, self-hosted team of coding agents with automations.
  • You need agents to run in isolated containers rather than on your laptop.
  • You mix several agent vendors and want one place to manage them.

Look elsewhere if

Before you adopt it

OpenHands is MIT-licensed, and the repository includes a Helm chart for Kubernetes. A hosted OpenHands Cloud is available from the company behind it.

Drafted with AI from the project's README and repository data, then checked against that data on 30 October 2026. Report a correction

OpenHands health: is it still maintained?

83 of 100, actively developed

  • Activity
    881 commits in the last 90 days, the latest on 31 October 2026.
    30 / 30
  • Contributors
    23 people wrote the latest 100 commits; the most active wrote 38% of them.
    19 / 20
  • Releases
    15 releases in the last 12 months; the latest, v1.34.0, on 27 October 2026.
    19 / 20
  • Replies to issues
    Too few recent issues from outside the team to measure, so this part gets a neutral score.
    10 / 20
  • Security practices
    No OpenSSF Scorecard for this repository yet, so this part gets a neutral score.
    5 / 10

Read from GitHub on 1 November 2026. How the score works

OpenHands license: is it open source?

OpenHands uses MIT, an open-source license approved by the OSI.

  1. March 2024First published on GitHub.
  2. TodayMIT.

How to run OpenHands yourself

Docker
Dockerfile or compose file in the repository
Setup effort
1 of 5, judged from the compose file
Kubernetes
Helm chart in the repository
Desktop and mobile
Builds for Windows, Linux, macOS in GitHub releases
Interface languages
English only

Install instructions: openhands.dev or the README on GitHub.

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Questions about OpenHands

Is OpenHands open source?

Yes. OpenHands is published under MIT, an OSI-approved open-source license.

Is OpenHands still maintained?

Its health score is 83 of 100 (actively developed). It had 881 commits in the last 90 days, the latest on 31 October 2026, and its latest release came out on 27 October 2026.

How do I run OpenHands?

You can run it with Docker, on Kubernetes with the Helm chart in the repository, as an app for Windows, Linux, macOS. The README on GitHub has the exact steps.

What are the alternatives to OpenHands?

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